The opportunity
Affirm is reinventing credit to make it more honest and friendly, giving consumers the flexibility to buy now and pay later without any hidden fees or compounding interest.
What you'll do
Design, build, and operate core CIAM backend services that support customer: registration, authentication, authorization, account lifecycle, and profile management for B2C and B2B platforms.
Implement and extend identity standards such as OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, and: SCIM in code, ensuring correctness, scalability, and clean integration patterns.
Develop backend APIs and services in Python and Kotlin that expose identity: capabilities to web, mobile, and partner applications.
Integrate CIAM platforms with internal systems, including user data stores,: messaging, fraud signals, and downstream customer platforms.
Own secure authentication and account flows end to end, including MFA,: step-up authentication, device binding, consent, and adaptive authentication logic.
Automate CIAM infrastructure and deployments using Infrastructure as Code and: CI/CD pipelines, treating identity as a core platform service.
What they're looking for
- Monitor, debug, and optimize CIAM services for performance, resilience, and: abuse detection in high-scale environments.
